8:5-7 Jehovah addressed me again, and said, Because these people have rejected the waters of Shiloah, which flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore will my Lord cause to come up over them the great and mighty waters of the River-the king of Assyria in all his glory. He will rise up over all his channels and overflow all his banks.
As Jehovah had warned Ahaz, so he warns Ahaz' people. By calling them "these people" or "this people" (ha'am hazzeh), Jehovah disavows their covenantal status (cf. Isaiah 6:9-10). As Ahaz proved disloyal to Jehovah, so Ahaz' people prove disloyal to Ahaz. They favor the coalition of northern kings over the "waters of Shiloah which flow gently"-that is, over the Davidic dynasty Jehovah has appointed to rule over them. For conspiring to replace Ahaz, they will suffer worse than his rule-the rampaging River flooding beyond its borders-the king of Assyria at the height of his military power.
8:8 He will sweep into Judea [like] a flood and, passing through, reach the very neck; his outspread wings will span the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah portrays Assyria's invasion of the land of Immanuel as a new Flood. His prophecy is fulfilled in the days of King Hezekiah-the prophesied Immanuel-when an army of a hundred-and-eighty-five thousand Assyrians besieges Jerusalem after Assyria has "destroyed all peoples and their lands" (Isaiah 36:1-2; 37:18). The "neck" leaves the head-Zion/Jerusalem-where a remnant of Jehovah's people awaits deliverance (Isaiah 37:22-36; cf. 1:7-9). In an end-time context, Hezekiah serves as a type of Jehovah's servant, while the archtyrant's "outspread wings" may allude to modern warfare.
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